最初描述为 Cichla cataractae:
ZooBank:A905E0C0-6364-48FD-8FB7-EBA6A651C85A.
- Sabaj Pérez, Mark H & Hernán López-Fernández, Stuart C.Willis, Devya D. Hemraj, Donald C. Taphorn, Kirk O. Winemiller. 2020. "Cichla cataractae (Cichliformes: Cichlidae), new species of peacock bass from the Essequibo Basin, Guyana and Venezuela". Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia. 167(1):69-86. DOI: 10.1635/053.167.0106 (crc09634) (摘要)
保育: Cichla cataractae 未被国际自然保护联盟（IUCN）在濒危物种红色名录中为自然保育进行评估. All Cichla species populations are subject to an increasing sport angling pressure, which have decimated many populations or make large individuals rare, this has also changed aquatic food-web communities in many places, both where they are native or have been introduced (Winemiller, 2001:108).